The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-19 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) VIE INFAMOUS COAL MONOPOLY. On Saturday the Committee of the Court of Aldermen resumed its Inquiry on this subject. The A'detmen present were Mr. Alderman Venables, Chairman, Mr. Alderman Harmer, Mr, Alderman Lainson, and Mr. Alderman Rumphery. Mr. Alderman COMMAND was also present at the commencement of %It sitting of the Committee, but withdrew, after stating that he con. Pidered it was an absolute waste of time to prosecute the inquiry fur. thee, as there was a Committee of the House of Commons appointe4 to illithire into the working of the Coal Act, and before which the whole MeAter would be investigated. Captain Thomas Young was then called, and, in answer to questions ty Mr. Alderman Venables, said—l am master.mariner, and reside at lloith Shields. lam master and part owner of the Eliza. I hare net With great impediments in the North in obtaining cargoes, At several tittles, in consequence of arrangements I under. IlttiOci tfl ekist among the eoalsowners. I could not buy coals at all. About two years ago I was refused coals by George Leach, the vendor of the Walls End coals, sod the reason assigned for such re fusal was, that I did not comply , a ith the factor's regulations in London; that I had not " laid my turn," that is to say, that I had discharged my cargo before the time allowed by their regulations. It had been toy practice, if I came up at the tail of 200 or 300 vessels, not to wait, but to sell my cargo as soon as I could get a purchaser. In the North it is said the regulations benefit the freightage, but my opinion is it injures the freightage. I knew the public were in want of coals, and I wanted to sell the coals immediately on my arrival in London, which they would tint allow me to do. By Mr. Alderman HAstmEa—My opinion is, those regulations do harm to the lihip-owner, but they do much snore barns to the consumer. I thoUght tho poor of London were in want of fuel as much as they went in want of food. By Mr. Alderman Vs:sautes—l brought an action egaiest the parties who refused to supply me, but they compromised it by paying a penalty and all the expellees, and promising to supply me for the future—that I should for the future be unfettered. I went to work and they conti nued their faith with me for two years, but now they have broken it. Last July, Mr. Hindorff, the fitter, wished me to sign a document which was an undertaking that I would comply with their regulations, and I did sign it, but I never intended to comply with their regulations. By Mr. Alderman ll►aMßa—l signed because the gentleman told me, If I did not he would get into trouble with his fellow-fitters. By Mr. Alderman HUMPIIIMY—The last time I was refused, was the day after Christmas day, and I was obliged to lay at South Shields till the 29th day of January, without being able to obtain a cargo. lat length got a cargo on freight, in come. entente of an accident having occurred to a vessel laden with coals, and I arrived at Northfleet on the 2d of February. [Mr. Thompson, who was the other owner of the Eliza, here read a letter which he had re ceived front Captain Young, dated South Shields, January all, 1838, and in which Captain Young said, " We are all at a stand still here, save a few gas ships and small coasters, and many of them were loaded before we arrived here. I have been befor6 the Committee in Elden. square. Mr. Brandling, who was in the chair, said he insisted on doing with his coals as he liked. I complained to them of having broken faith with me, &c. Yesterday I saw Mr. J. Lamb; I told him I wanted to be on Holywell List, ready to load when the ice gave, but he would not consent to that unless I paid Is. per ton extra, nor will they load me at other places ; there have been no freights giveu that would pay since we arrived, and many of the ship-owners now find the regulations will not do for them, and they have increased the ships in the coasting trade,"] Witness continued-1 could have got loaded if I had paid the extra shilling per ton. By Mr. Alderman VENAULEB—There were many ships loaded in the intorim—some made their voyage to London and back during the time I was at South Shields endeavouring to get coals. Those who con formed to the factors' regulations did not pay as much as I paid. If I bad said I was going to France or any other place besides London, they would have let me had the coals, but I should be sorry to use that sort of subterfuge, Mr. Alderman HAAMER—WouId they have loaded you at the price they charged others if you were going to France ?—Witness replied that they would supply vessels going any where except to London. One 'of the Gravesend companies pretended to load for France recently, and got their cargo and came to London. By Mr. Alderman H►assa—ln consequence of these regulations the River is quite clogged with vessels waiting for their turn, and the navi gation of the river from Gravesend up the pool is, therefore, very much impeded. Mr. Thompson then read a letter which had been addressed to him in 1835,in which the writer gave a narrative of an interview he had had with a coal agent at South Shields, as follows :—" Attended Mr. Young on Wednesday, the 30th of Dec., 1535, at Heaton Walls End Otfice,to fix the ship Eliza for a cargo of coals, when a Mr. Thomson, She agent, refused io place the Ellen on their list. The Captain offered Eileen pounds as a deposit on the coals wanted, which Mr. Thomson re fused. He said, ' I must abide my orders.' We then left the office, but returned in about twenty minutes, and the Captain immediately ten. dered 1451, cash for the required cargo, but Mr. Thomson still ref Used to accept the money, or to put the Eliza on the list. As we were about to leave the office, Mr. Thomson said, 'Recollect I don't refuse to sell the Captain a cargo at 305.. but I won't take less.' The Captain then en quired at what time the price had been advanced to 305., to which Thomson replied, the prices would be advanced, and he could not sell cagro under thirty shillings. The Captain again tendered the one hundred and forty-five pounds for a cargo, to be charged at the taus; price; but could get no other answer than that, if lie would buy at SOs., his ship should be placed oh the list. The Captain then said, it is only a month since you charged me 265., and now you want 30s. Thomson replied, ' Yes ; and you would not have got that cargo, if we had not obtained more for it than others were paying. We then lett." Mr. Alderman HAUMUR—What was the price of coals at that time ? Witness-265. Cd. ➢ir. Alderman HIIMPIIIIRY here observed that he thought it was use_ less to pursue the investigation further, as the subject would be brought Woe, a Parliamentary Committee. Mr.'Aldermati H►sees thought they were bound to come to a eon. elusion on this subject before the Committee adjourned, It wgs clear the combination which had been proved occasioned an excessive price of the commodity in the port of London. Mr. Alderman iluswicar could not understand, even if it did, that they could interfere with individuals for the purpose of compelling them to sell their goods cheaper. Mr. Alderman Hagusa—But the regulations which the coal-owners In the North enter into with the factors here to keep their vessels back, dicCasions an impediment to the navigation of the river, that we as Ma gistrates, and having the conservation of the river Thames, are bound to look to, and we shall neglect our duty if we do not present a petition to Parliament, praying for the removal of this nuisance. Mr. Alderman Humettuer —The Grand Collier Dock Act will re tneaty that grievance. Docks are being erected for the purpose of taking in al; surplus vessels that may arrive from the north. Mr. Alderman VIANABLES said it must be an important consideration With all persons connected with the well-being of the city of London, Whether those regulations should be allowed to continue or not. The coaLowners said it was a good thing for the public. That was the point in issue. If it were a good thing, Parliament would continue it ; if it were a bad thing, Parliament would put an end to it ; but they, as Ma gistrated,.were bound to investigate the matter. Witness continued—At the time I was asked by Thomson 305., they were selling the coals to Others at 265., so that I should not have been able to have competed with those individuals in London. I could name some vessels that have been for nine tt , eeks in the Thames in come •ueuce of the coal factors' regulations, to the great injury of masters, 14141 crews, and their families. Mr. Alderman HUMPllKlV—Admitting that which is complained of to bet an evil, I don't see how it is to be abated or remedied, without nerectjng most important private interests. You have said you did not wish to wait at the tail of 200 or 300 vessels, but wished to come up at once wi, 4 l your cargo, because you felt the poor people of London re. quired them. Now, 1 want to ask you, if 400 vessels were to arrive at one time in L o „ . 4ors from Newcastle with coals, were to sell their cargoes to the best bidder, what would be the result ? Witness—lt inlet be at first to our d;sadvantage, by occasioning a glut in the market ; but it would soon find its level. Mr. Alderman HAuYEa•—Would they be sold cheaper or dearer ? Witness—Sold much cheap,,r. Mr. Alderman 11UNIPUBRY-G.l whom wow"! the loss fall? - Witness—lt would be for the benefit of the consumer, and tl.e load, i f anY, would fall on the coal owners. Mr. Alderman Ilumernsuy—lt would benefit the consumer but cause • loss to the coal owner ? _....__ . Witness—Yes ; because the coal owners put an extravagant price on their coals. I know sonic coal owners who boast that they could afford to sell their coals at 10s. a toil less than they do. Moreover, I con sider the ship owner is injured by the regulations. I lost di. by one c argo, and the coal owner, though a great gainer, reflised to throw in is single chaldron in the next voyage. If I had fair play I could make ° He-third more voyages in the year than I have done. Mr. Scott, a gentleman in the coal trade, declared that the statement was quite absurd. If vessels were to do as bad just been described, Where could be the employment for them ? Where would the demand come from . Mr. Ald erman HARMER—The number of ships must be diminished. .Mr. Alderman Husfeinsav could not see that the diminution of the Hlatriber of vessels could be effected without the annihilation of the Drofltv of a great many. Besides, don't you want a Nursery tor Seamen Y Mr. Alderman VENARLES—Then you had better increase your plea. sure yachts.—(Laughter.) Your argument would go towards annihi lating steam vessels. Mr. Alderman HARMER—Are we, the conservators of the Thames, its order to increase the price of coals, and fill the pockets of the coal_ Owners, to have the river filled with colliers ? Mr. Alderman HUMPIIitRY—Why not put the regulations of the Court of Aldermen into effect to clear the river ? If you want to get coals cheaper call on the Government to let in all inland coals without a duty, but don't annhilate one third of the colliers. Don't the Government want to keep up the maritime interests There is nothing to prevent any of those men selling coals immediately on their arrival. Mr. Alderman VENABLEs—No ; but if they don't comply with the tt ulations, they cannot get coals to bring to London. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Alderman Humphery 'Host vigorously defended the monopolizing coal owners, and Mr. Al. dennau Harmer and Mr. Alderman Venables warmly and much more r ationally advocated the cause of the public, Mr. Alderman VENABLES said he was of opinion it had been clearly vroved there did exist regulations in the North, having referenae to the *e° difig of coals in London, and without a compliance t o which the trade could not be carried ou by independent persons ; and that this 61 : t rated injuriously to the iubabitants of London in tw o respeete— „lat. that it imp e d e d the navigation of the Port of London ; and ...s 'idly, that it tended to increase and keep up tile price of coals. Alderman Hysterexav—A petition was pesented to the Court of idermen—that petition was referred to a Committee of the Court of 4k ? e rmen, and you must frame your resolutions on the petition. Mr. .4.lderman Vueseres—We are to state our impressions, founded 's , n the fat's, and the question will theta be whether the Court of Alder . Hen will pet . ,'tion Parliament. 51 ti Alderrn:n Mumma—Yes ; and I sincerely hope they will pet i- H Parliament to remedy these grievances. The Worthy Al derman the n tnovctid " Thar the Committee should recommend to the Court of 'lder meu to petition Parliament to take immediate measures to remove 'e cause of complaint." Pie resolution was seconded by Alderman Latsaitie, and agreed to. : 71 e following paper was handed in by a deputation of mercantile but they were informed that tho Committee could not, however 'e'efi ciel Collier docks might be, and no doubt they presented vast ad. vantages, take that subject into consideration : " THE STATE OF THE RIVER. , l ee . 131 consequence of the great obstruction from t h e accumulation of tells -14 the river, the navigation is nearly suspended, and unhappily With great severity on the poor, the price of coa's being now at a foot two shillings per bushel. There are at present in the Pool up. ti : tr dt 150 loaded colliers, and 560 from Greeishithe all the way up , c e river, occupying the deep water, to the serious inconve iZee of the commerce of the port of Lond on . Til e L on d on i !ek and th e G eeti d Surrey Canal Company have afforded great fe n 4, to tile coal trade, by taking in collier.; at a very low rate of ton t!". arid without any Aterge for landing their cargoes, The state of r 7 river, its obstruction bT thid class of vessels, the estraotalinary in. e t '% ..' e in the coasting and fle-eign tatde pointed out by Sir John Hall Katharine's Dock Corn_ wt,ite late meeting of the prrwrietors of kt.. 4 4? n, and, not less important. the sfeat augmerkffie ll of steam.vessels, i‘ ce show the necessity of dock accr,:omodation for uttlier.B ; the sale t() the owner by the use of the Grand Surrey Dock is 411,44 j Os. li clo g' The gme t motional work of the e,o4_ b eyond the tonnage dues. ai er the . 4c4,4:_ect, with the exten. ju ek, its designated by Mr. Newman. e : 11 4 . : °I the design by the construction of eoabbArger basin and coal s\ 'rt . * in S outhwark, commun i c ating by a canal to the ! tri l e. Dock at sn,tfurd, when the Ship Dock and the Extension of the 43rfuld Sileirey Canal to near Vauxhall are completed, would st 11 further improve the naviga"oa of the river, by the removal of a very great number of barges engaged in the coal trzde." PORTSMOUTH ELECTION. The unlooked.for death of Mr. Carter again promises us all the din, the discord, the heart-burnings of a contested election. The Libel a! party, who were the friends of their late revered and deceased Member, and still the attached friends of their living representative, Mr. Bar ing, assembled this evening, knowing the activity of their adversaries, and unanimously determined to invite Sir George Staunton, Bert., of Leigh Park, to stand forward in the support of the present Govern. ment, and accordingly sent a requisition to him this evening, signed be upwards of one hundred electors to that direct. Their choice is honourable to themselves, and must be doubly flattering to the independent Baronet, who, for his manly hearing in the late county election rich deserves this proof of their confidence and esteem. We have reason to know that Sir George will respond to the warm wishes of his friends and supporters at the late election, and though he did not succeed then, we have a full assurance e he will now be returned ; and we earnestly invite the burgesses to retain their votes in Isis favour. Captain Napier has, however, most unwisely, and he must pardon us the expression, de. termined, notwithstanding his knowledge of the wishes of the Liberal and Reforming part of the burgesses, to put himself forward as a can. dilate; and with the clap-tnip in his address of being friendly to the Ballot, Triennial Parliaments, and the abolition of Church_ rates, thinks to overwhelm a more moderate though a much more consistent Reformer. Captain Napier has yet to earn a political cha. racter ; and as he has been rather Proteus.like in his promises, common prudence we would suggest would point out that the safer course would be to take a man whose political course is already known ; and such a man is Sir George Staunton. Captain Napier talks loudly and glibly of Reform. How did he evince his attach ment to that cause when he coquetted with Sir Charles Rowley, an avowed Tory, to jilt the Reform candidates, Messrs. Carter and Baring ? Ile cared not then for any political principles. If he is sincere in his desire to oppose a Tory, lie will instantly announce his retirement from the field, and we give him the opportunity ; for, on the very eve of our publication, the Portsmouth Tories, who are themselves rejected by Sir George Cockburn and Lord Fitzharris, are about to try their fortunes with our gallant Port-Admiral, Sir Philip Durham, who but recently was elected Member for Devizes, on the promise of being a Reformer; but his idea of Reform savoured very strongly of Toryism, and he:sold his place (birth-right) for a mess of pottage—the command at Ports mouth ; and the Devizes electors strongly marked their sentiments on his retirement, by electing Captain Deans Dundas—a thorough-goirg Reformer.—Hants Telegraph. MR. MURPHY'S PREDICTIONS OF THE WEATHER. 1838. PREDICTIONS. VERIFICATIONS. Fsa. 11. Sunday—Changeable Hard frost during the 24 hours, bright sunny day, clear night. —l2. Monday—Rain—Wind Hard frost during the 24 hours, bright morning, clear day, clear night. —l3. Tuesday—Fair .. Hard frost during the 24 hours, very thick for all day and night, very foul. —l4. Wednesday—Rain—Wind...Hard frost during the 24 hours, bright sunny day, clear night. —l3. Thursday—Changeable Hard frost during the 24 hours, clear day and night, windy. --16. Friday—Rain Hard frost during the 24 hours, fair morning, clear day, blowing a gale till midnight. Saturday—Fair Hard Frost till ten a.m., wind ceased at mid night • on Friday hoary fall of snow till day light, morning gloomy; rain, sleet, and snow, from 10 a. m. to 3 p.m, a a mild thaw, and as foul a day as could well be. Kennington, Suuday, Feb. 18, 1838. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FFAIRUARY 19. 1838. COMPARISON OF THE TWO LAST DIVISIONS ON THE BALLOT. Of the 155 members who supported the Ballot on the divi sion, 7th March, 1837, 51 did not vote on Thursday last. Of these, 44 arc not now Members of Parliament ; and 7, viz., Admiral Codring ton, Mr. Robert Ferguson, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Mr. B. Hawes, Dr. Lushington, Mr. R. Potter, and Major Nl . lslareara, were absent. Of the 200 members who formed the minority on Thursday last, 06 did not vote for the Ballot on the former division ; 56 of these arc new members, elected since the 7th March, 1837 ; 6 members, viz., Mr. Wm. Crawford, Mr. R. Macleod, Captain Pechell, Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. W. Owen Stanley, and Lord Worsley, who voted against the Ballot in 1837, voted for it on Thursday ; and 34 members who were absent in 1837 were present and voted in the minority this year. The 44 Members who voted for tho Ballot in 1337, and are not now in . Parliament are : Bagshaw, John ; Baldwin, Dr. ; Beauclerk, Major ; Bid dulph, R. ; Brady, D. C. ; Buckingham, J. S. ; Bulwer, H. L. ; Burden, W. W. ; Cookes, T. H. ; Crawford, W. S.; Crawley, Samuel ; Elphinstone, H. ; Ewart, W. ; Finn, W. F. ; Fitzsimon, John; Gaskell, D. ; Gisborne, Thus. ; Gully, John ; Hardy, John ;!Holland, E. ; Hutt, Wm. ; King, E. B. ; Lynch, A. H. Mangles, James ; Majoribanks, S. ; Morrison, James ; Mullins, F. W. ; Musgrave, Sir R. ; Ord, Wm. ; Oswald, Jas. ; Palmer, General ; Phillips, C. M. : Roebuck, J. A, ; Ruthven, E. ' • Simeon, Sir R. ; Smith, B. ; Thompson, Colonel ; Tooke, Wm. ; Trelawney, Sir Win. ; Tulk, C. A. ; Tynte, C. J. K. ; Wason, R. ; Wigney, J. N. ; and Wilks, John. The 5u new Members who on Thursday voted in the mi nority are : Aglionby, Major; Archbold, Robert; Beamish, F. ; Ber keley, Hon. H. ; Blake, W. J. ; Blewitt, R. J. ; Busfield, W. ; Carnac, Sir J. R. ; Chester, H. ; Collins, W. ; Craig, W. G. ; Currie, R. ; Davies, Colonel ; Denison, W. J. ; Dennistoun, J. ; Duckworth. S. ; Duke, Sir Jas. ; Duncan, Viscount ; Dundas, C. W. D.; Dundas, F. ; Easthope, J. ; Elliot, Hon. J. E. ; Ellice, Captain Alex. ; Ellice, E., jun. ; Erle, W. ; Fenton, John; Finch, F. ; Gibson, James; Hastie, A. ; Hobhouse, T. ; Holland, R. ; Howard, F. J. ; Hutton, R. ; Jervis, S. ; Kimiaird, Hon. A. F. ; Martin, J. ; Maule, W. H. ; Melgund, Viscount ; Muskett, G. A. ; Pal mer, C. F. ; Pliillpotts, J. ; Poulter, J. S. ; Rice, E. R. ; Roche, E. B. ; Salwey, Colonel ; Somers, J. P. ; Somer ville, Sir W. ; Standish, C. ; Stewart. James ; Style, Sir C. ; Tutfnell, H. ; Vivian, Right Hon. Sir R. H. ; White, A. ; White, L. ; White, S. ; and Yates, J. A. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LUEDS. —Our Cloth Market presents no new feature this week; the same very limited supply of goods contTiues, prin cipally from the long existence of the frost. The demand for balk goods is very brisk, and the stock in the Cloth Halls unusally low. Business is improvinz a little in the warehouses. H U DDERSFIELD. —Notwithstanding the continued severity of the weather, and the consequent scanty supply of fresh goods, our market was animated, especially in fancy woollens, which met with a ready sale at fair prices. Buyers are on the look out for new patterns, which the frost alone keeps back. Goods cannot be manufactured. 13nAcwoltD.—We cannot report any material alteration in our piece market as compared with that of last week, except t hat buyers have bought more freely of six-quarter wide me rinoes at the advance quoted in our last, viz., from 3s. 6d, to 53. per piece ; this advance is now fully established ; to a more limited extent, dales have been effected to-day at even a still further advance. HALIFAX.—The attendance of buyers at our Hall has been good, aad perhaps the purchases larger than last week. The demand appears to be moderate for almost every description of stuff goods except low lastings, which are not in request at present, We think there has been no variation in prices, which are extremely low in proportion to yarns. There is no new feature in the wool market this week; prices remain the same, The supply is scanty. but equal to the demand. Middle wethers are from 151. to 15/. los. per pack. BARNSLVV.-Trade is at present in a bad state, as the drill season is about terminating, and ♦ery few yarns can bc got from the bleach crofts ',wing . to the inclemency of the weather, which has caused great numbers of persons to be out of em ployment. I'►OCIIDALE.—The Flannel market was better attended than for some weeks past, yet but little business was done. Few pieces were sold ; manufacturers standing out for an advance of price, while buyers, on the other hand, were determined not to meet them Oh higher terms. WAKEFIELD.—WO have again to report a week of a very uninteresting character as regards transactions in wool. Con sumers, who are not entirely rua out of stock, are delaying to come to market until the canals open, when, if they cannot buy on better terms, they expect better choice, the stocks on hand being at present very lose. Prices are without variation. ATANCURSTER.—We have had an unusually dull week. Never in our recollection did we experience less doing, and, as may be anticipated, at lower rates for every description of goods and twist. This also applies to 27-inch power-loom printing cloths, for which there was a good demand at higher rates last week. The still declining prices of cotton have no doubt produced this dullness to a great extent.—Liverpool Chronicle. We have copied from the Welshman the addresses of Colonel Owen and Sir James Graham to the electors of the Pembroke district of boroughs. Sir James addresses them as a man anxious to rejoin the Conservative party in the House of Commons. We fear, from the following observations of the j ourna l in question, that there is but too much reason to fear the Cuallierland Baronet will b e siuueessful :—. 4 Will the electors tamely submit to this liocu s p ocus work—this whole saletransfer their electoral rights, an d lik e b ar b ar i an R us . ors o sian serfs, with the passivenes s of scourged bond-slaves ac knowledge submission and to a ' foreign' MASTER ? ‘Vill the e l ec tors in question, fealty we ask, basely concur in so de grading an arrangement ? W e aro constrained to say, our fears are that they will. The cool effrontery of the principals in this gross indecency clearly shews us of what metal a ma jority of the Aufrunchised of Pembroke, &c., arc made—base ! Where is Mr. Alluo, of Cresselly ? Where are his honest admirals—the friends of civil apcl religious liberty ? Are they all crest-fallen ? All destitute of that wanly pride and inde pendence of gliata4ter which once seemed to . goiTris the poli tical conduct of the mere r pnryectable members of the constitu ency l.ero appealed to.'" it is usstieretaoLl the election will take place to-mortww..,-Noming P#Per• EFFECT OF ItAiLWAYS•• ,--, lt is stated that the *coypu of the old district of road* LerP Ins decreased upwards of 6001. in ,gu t a year, and that the receipts us toe Stafford Road have diminished ii,S,q,„.? rate of 1,000/. per annum since the Grand Junction Railway 00e44..,3. Wo(verhantrio n clovnick. IR ELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. GALWAY ELECTION. - RETURN OF MR LYNCH. DUBLIN, SATUkDAY.—COIHRIUIIiCatiOLS from Gala ay, dated Thursday, have only reached town to-day, owing to the heavy fall of snow, and the consequent state of the roads. By th em I find that Sir Valentine Blake's party were polled out, leay. ing Lynch in a majority of 286. The mail leaves Galway at half-past two o'clock, p.m., and up to that hour upon Thurs day, not a voter had been polled, Blake's party either having no more electors, or being hopeless of success, and Lynch rest ing on his oars. For Tuesday the poll was as fellows:— Lynch, 204 ; Blake, 81—Majority 123. On Wednesday—Lynch, 445 ; Blake, 159—Majority, 286. Blake was supported as well by the Tory party as the ultra- Radical ; it is remarkable, however, that of the freemen who were Sir Valentine's principal reliance, 175 voted Lynch, while only 101 voted for him—thus giving Lynch a majority of 74, even in Sir Valentine's chief supporters. Documents have been circulated, and placards posted through the town, declar ing Mr. Lynch ineligible to sit in Parliament, and the Blakes will petition against him on this ground. QUARTER TO SIX O'CLOCK.—I have just seen a letter from Galway, which states that Mr. Lynch was upon Thursday evening declared duly elected, several hundred of his voters being, notwithstanding, unpolled. The friends of Blake have declared their determination to petition, in which they will be supported by the money and interest of the Passes and Dud leys, two leading Tory families in Galway. Mr. Lynch will return to London immediately. Sir Valentine Blake was not present at the election, having only arrived as far as London, upon his way from France. 1118. FINN.—The proposition, which was some time ago broached at Kilkenny, of presenting a testimonial of gratitude to W. F. Finn, Esq., late Member for that city, has been taken up actively by some influential gentlemen of Dublin, who will make it worthy of the Learned Gentleman's services in uprooting the Orange Scciety in this country. Several considerable sums have been already received, and means are about to be taken to make the collection general. SAM GRAY.—The greatest astonishment and indignation has been excited in Ulster by the appointment to the office of Sub- Sheriff of Monaghan, of the son of Sam Gray, the notorious Orange tithe proctor, who has made his name a terror to the peaceably disposed, by his violence and malignant bigotry. This fellow, who is in his private capacity but the keeper of an obscure house of public entertainment, first obtained notoriety by collecting an armed mob, to oppose the entrance of the late Mr. Lawless into Ballybey, when on his celebrated mission to the North from the Catholic Association. He has since sustained his character by organising the Orangemen of the county Monaghan when they were deserted by their more respectable leaders, and latterly presented himself in the Court-house of that county to make tennis on their behalf, on the occasion of the trial of some of them under the illegal Procession Bill. His son is but a boy, and will of course be a tool in hi. hands. THE WliATHEß.—During the whole of yesterday the city and the country, as far as I have learned, was visited with a snow-storm of unprecedented severity, and a heavy gale blowing from the south-east. The snow drifted to an extra ordinary height in several quarters of the city. Six of the country mails did not reach town yesterday, and two of the miil-day mails from Dublin were obliged to return, after hav ing proceeded a few miles on their journey. So heavy a fall of snow has not been known in this country for half a cen tury. The southern and eastern mails were not dispatched at all last night, and several of the country mails due to day have not arrived. The English packets, however, arrived with perfect regularity. The snow is rapidly thawing to-day. POOR LAW FOR IRELAND—O'CONNELL. The following► letter from Mr. O'Connell appeared in the Pilot of last night : TO RICHARD BARRETT, E. London, loth February, 1838. M dear Barratt,—l have just read your paper of the 12th. I zum quite sure no man living would less desire than you to delude the Irish people. But you arc doing so with out intending it. In your leading article of that date you say, " that my re sistance to the Poor-law I3ill, while it will not prevent a Bill passing, it will render the Bill a better one for the industrious classes." It is of this last sentence I complain. There will not be any improvement of the Bill in Committee. 1 took a division on the first clause. The question I raised was, whether the Bill was to be executed by the English Poor-law Commis sioners sitting in London, with one of their number occasion ally in Ireland, or by an Irish Board ? My amendment was, that the Board should be Irish, sitting always in Ireland. For my amendment there were only twenty-three votes! I will take a division on every other obnoxious clause. My own opinion is that I shall not succeed upon any one—at least upon any one important clause. In fact the Bill is entire in its provisions, and to break in upon any one of its general features would be to destroy this Bill. The course to be taken by those who wish for Act-of-parliament charity should be to throw out this Bill and propose another. But I repeat. and beg of you to enforce this opinion—that it will not be possible to amend this Bill. 1 have promised, and do promise, to divide the House on every obnoxious clause, although with out the least hope of success. Whenever a British Minister determines to carry a measure injurious to Ireland—as this Bill in its present shape certainly is—there are no materials in ruts Parliament to enable an Irish Member to defeat, or substantially to modify, any such measure. Let the people of Ireland, then, know the fact, that if they do not bestir themselves at once, and meet and petition, TIIIS BILL will pass, and the occupiers of lands and houses in Ireland will be charged with an additional million of direct taxation, without any adequate or tangible benefit to the Irish poor. The Bill in that respect has no hypocrisy about it. It does not purport to be a Bill for the relief of the Irish poor ge ne .. rally. It is, by its vary title, as well as its enactments, limited to such of the Irish as are selected as " destitute." Pray publish this letter. It will serve to prove that no effort of mine shall be wanting to make this Bill better, but that these efforts must certainly be vain. Believe me to be faithfully your's, DANIEL O'CONNELL. CITY REGISTRY. The Tories are succeeding at the Dublin Registry to an extent that is disgraceful to the Liberal party. They (the Tories) have to be sure, by means of their freemen, an endless list of claimants, but the Liberals who have a claim on the franchise are not attending to urge it. On yesterday but one Liberal was admitted, though seven Tories were ; and on t h e whole registry up to this p e riod the numbers registered are._ Tories, 35 ; and Liberals, 15. It is hoped that, as the regis try may last a week yet, the Reformers will regain their l est ground; but there is an unaccountable apathy among them. Perhaps it arises from the national temperament, which is averse to precaution, and is only roused to action when the battle is at hand, COMBINATION-THE TRADES. The tradesmen are rejoicing in the fact that eleven of their number who were tried at the Commission for combination have been acquitted. John Flynn, James Beckett, Charles Neale, Thomas Boy lan, William Robinson, Hugh M'Guire, Michael Groves, Thomas Jesson, John Lightfoot, Edward May, and Robert M'Entire, were placed at the bar charged in an indictment for unlawfully conspiring to injure John Kelly, a silk manu facturer, in his property and calling ; they were also indicted for intimidating or otherwise inducing ,three men, named Abraham Flint, Michael Barber, and Afichael Baily, to the end that they might leave the employment of the said Kelly. The indictment contained twenty-seven counts. After the examination of witnesses, Baron Foster summed up, and having charged the Jury, they retired for a few mo ments, and returned a verdict of not guilty. TIPPERARY ELECTION. The Tipperary election is fixed for this day week (the 24th), and Mr. Sheil will be re-elected without opposition, as far as I have yet learned. It is just possible that some Tory with money to throw away may yet be persuaded to take the field, but be will not hare the slightest chance of success. Tipperary will be proud to send Richard Sheil again to I).aliament. THE JUDGES. I saw a statement in some of your contemporaries, that se veral of the Irish Judges had declined going circuit ; the fact is not so : all the Judges, with the exception of the Chief Baron, are determined to take the field as usual, though, Heaven knows I some of them are by age and infirmities fitter for retirement. D UI3LIN-THURSDAY. (FROM On OWN e 0 RIO S ON DENT.) COMBINATION. Eleven silk weavers were this day tried at the Commission in:Green-street, for haring, in August last, conspired to in jure a cabinet manufacturer named Kelly. The trial excited greet interest, and the Court was occupied from an early hour by citizens anxious to know the result. It appeared from the evidence that nine of the parties indicted attended a meeting of their trade several times in the month of August, at which meeting a discussion took place relative to the merits of Kelly as a manufacturer. It did not appear clearly whether any re solution condemnatory of his manufacture was actually passed, but it was admitted on all sides, that his manufacture was condemned es discreditable to the trade. It further appeared that, subsequent to their meetings, two operatir:s who worked for Kelly, had their silk and looms injured by vitriJl, or sonic such corrosive liquid ; and that Kelly sustained damage, to the amount of nearly fifty pounds, by sUoll injury, It also appeared that, previous to the act of injury m:ntioned, a young man, apprentice to one of tit• said operatives, was warned by two of the traversers, that it would be unsafe for him to con tinue in the house of his master, It did not appear, how ever, that either of these two persons woro at the meetings of silk weavers held in August. The Jury, after ten minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of—Not Guilty, which was re ceived with a shout of applause by a considerable portion of the auditory. I have not time to comment on the result, further than that the subject has created considerable interest among all classes of society, since O'Connell has been exerting himself to put down combination. The persons charged on this occa sion appeared very respectable in their ataton of life; and counsel for t 4 cfown 4isplo l ed ; that thp objet of the pro secution was not punishment, btit to teach the community that mischiefs do accrue from certain cerphinations not illegal in their original institlitioil, Sir Eardley Wilmot is confined to his room by a severe attack of influenza 4114 could not atto to his dutica in Parliament last COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her august mother attended Divine ser vice yesterdaye morning at the New Palace. The Bishop of Salisbury officiated. The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting were in attendance. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her Majesty. Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse joined the Royal dinner party last evening. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner at the New Palace on Saturday evening, and the band of the Life Guards were in attendance on Friday, and per formed favourite selections during the evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the residence of Lord Glenelg, in Great George -street. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmer ston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Mtnto, Lord Holland, Sir J. Hobhouse, Mr. ,Poulett Thompson, aad Viscount Ilowick. - - The COuncil sat three hour; The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with Viscoubt Melbourne on Saturday, in Downin,' , street. Sir William Montagu had an interview with the Noble Viscount on Friday. The French Ambassador transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. Egerton, M. P., in St. James's-square, from Tatton Park, Cheshire; Mr. Stratford Dugdale, M.P., in Berkeley square, from Merevale Hall, Warwickshire; Mr. Dennis. toun, M. P., in Grosvenor-place; the Dowager Lady Hamil ton and the Misses Hamilton, in Baker -street, from Wood brook, Tyrone; the Ladies Clements, in Grosvenor-square, from Long Ditton, Kingston, Surrey ; Mr. Fitzsimon, Clerk of the Crown, in Pallmall, from Dublin; Sir Charles Sulli van,'Bart., from Brighton; Sir Henry Carden, Bart., from Dublin ; Major-General Clitherow, in Welbeck-street ; Lord lladdington, in Grosvenor-square, from Tynyngliam House, Dunbar, N. B. ; General Sir William Henry Clinton, in Queen Anne-street, from Cockenhotch, Royston, Hertford. shire; Mr. Chester, M.P., at the Union Hotel, Cockspur . street, from Dublin ; the Hon. Col. Bligh, in Cumberland street, from Cobham Hall. Kent; Sir William Andy, in Hill. street ; - Sir Montagu Chapman, Bart., M. P., from West meath; the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, and the Hon. Miss Macdonald and Lord Hope, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover-street, from Scotland; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, at the Burlington Hotel, from Paris. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Kildare, from -Carlton House-terrace, for Cambridge University; the Marchioness of Queensberry and Lady Georgians Douglas, from St. Jamee's-place, for Brighton ; Lady Mary Ross, for Grovenor-gate, for the seat of Sir Charles Ross, Bonnington, Lancashire ; Captain and Mrs. Bertie Mathew and family, for Waterloo -crescent, Dover; Lord and Lady Rossmore, from the Sackville Hotel, for their seat in Ireland; the lion. Captain and Mrs. Blackwood, from ditto, for Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; Mr. Hartopp, from Thomas's Hotel, for Leicestershire ; Baron and Baroness Dinisdale, from Mivart's Hotel, for their seat, Campfield-place, Hatfield, Herts; the Hon. Edward Gardner, from ditto; Mr. and Lady Jane Pym and family, from Thomas's Hotel, for their seat in Bedfordshire ; the Earl of Lindsey, from Belgrave-street, for his seat, Utlington-house, Stamford, Lin colnshire ; Lord Brecknock, for the Wilderness, Sevenoaks; Lady Frances and Miss Cole, from Thomas's Hotel, for Sir Lowry Cole's seat, Bucks ; Tir Culling Smith, Bart., for Lincolnshire. AMUSEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. lAt Drury_ lane to-night Mr. Charles Kean will repeat his performance of Richard the Third, after which will be repre sented the revived spectacle of Blue Beard. To-morrow night, Sheridan's comic opera of the Dueuna, in which Dow ton will, for the first time, play Don Jerome ; Miss Fanny Healy, Don Carlos ; Mr. H. Phillips, Father Paul, and Miss Romer; Donna Clara ; little Buxton plays "cunning little" Isaac Mendoza; Compton, Lopez, and Mrs. C. Jones, the Duenna; with other entertainments. On Wednesday, for the 15th time, hamlet, by Mr. C. Kean ; with, first time at half price, Balfe's opera of Joan of Arc. At Covent -garden, to night, Mr. Macready will perform the part of King Lear, to conclude with the pantomime of Peep ing Turn of Conentry . To-morrow, for the benefit of a cha ritable institution, Shakspeare's play of Julius Cesar, with the following strong cast :—Julius Caesar, Mr. G. Bennett ; Oc tavius CaNar, Mr. Anderson ; Marc Antony, Mr. Elton ; Brutus, Mr. Macready ; Cassius, Mr. Phelps ; Casca, Mr, Bartley, and Portia, Airs. Warner; with Auber's opera or Fra /Nara°. On Wednesday, the play of the Lady of .Lvoi4, with, first time, a new farce called Mackintosh and C o ., in which Mr. Power will sustain the principal character, and the Black Domino, which will be repeated en Thursday evening,, preceded by .the new play of the Lady of Lyons. The AdAphi to-night, arid during the neck, will present the new drama of A Maiden's Fame ; or, a Legend of Lis bon; after which, a new burletta, called Rifle Mantelieri•s. The characters by Messrs. Yates, 0. Smith, and Mrs. Nis bett, followed by the Gnome Fly, and to oonelude with the Dancing Barber. At the Olympic, to-night, the Bengal Tiuer, with Dream of the Future ; followed by Shocking :Evenb; and Puss in Boots. At the St. James's to-night, will be presented the Postilion ; the part of Chapulon, by Mr.. Braham ; after which, the Culprit, and theSpitulfields Weaver ; concluding with the Black Domino. At the Surrey. to-night, and during the week, Vidocq, the French Thief-taker; with to-night, Wednesday, and Friday, Black Eyed Susan,and Allhallow's Eve. To-morrow, Thurs day, and Saturday, the Earl of Poverty, and Parkes Year rgr Labour Lost. At the Victoria, to-night, and during the week, a new drama called Louise, or, the White SeaV ; with the Three the last act o f t h e C otta9 ,- ;es Clerks, and the Echo of; Westminst er B r id ge; to . conclude At the City of London Theatre (Norton F o l ga t e ), to - n i g h t Daughter.this night only, and to-morrow, Paul Cliffiod, with the Loan of a Lover, and Simpson and Co. On Wednesday night, for the benefit Mrs. Honey, and for the first time at thi s theatre, G.4tlerclla, ond, at the n Lowther /Z ooms, King William street;ettended sca l e, " conies off " n with the burlettus of Beulah Spa and H us h M osey. There will be two masquerades this w ee k— t h e fi rst takes oplaeTehuda night, t r i ts i h is e : e v c on a lore at the English O pera Howe. a l National Instituti on for the preservation of life have awarded a s il ver medal to Lieu tenantTil fer E o R.:13) shi pwreck, have R. N., for his hazardous exevtions in saving the lives of the crew of the sloop Ann, wrecked in November lash ou the shoals off Chichester Harbour. The Opera Buffa closed for the season on Saturday, a er. - The house was fully and f as hi onably attended. Mr. the performance being for the ben e fi t o f Mr. Mitchell, the man: and his company are about to proceed to Dublin wliQre arrangements have been made to :iv° twelve of the the most successful operas of the season. Lablache Catone, Scheroni, and Miss Fanny Wyndham are o f the party. have no doubt the experiment will attended w i t h success, We as tho Irish arc enthusiastic in music, and talent such as is Sir Andrew Leith Hay, governor of Bermuda, transacted business at the Colonial-office on S a t ur d ay. FASHIONABLE PARTIES.—.Lord and Lady Fran now presented is not often to be secured. cis Egerton entertained a seleet party at dinner on Saturday gave a grand entertainment at Stafford House on Fran even at Bridgewater HouSe. Tito Duke and Duchess of Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince F S r u i t d ' a e y rl e a v n e d ning, and among the noble guests were their Royal Rothaay; Lord 'Eliot, Earl of Aberdeen, &c. Sir Robert Ge - Orge • of Cambridge, Duke of Wellington, Lord Stuart de Peel had a large party to dinner on Saturday evening, at his mansion in Whitehall-gardens. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. —Mr. Charles Kean's attraction is, if possible, on the increase. He plays in Richard the Third for the sth time to-night, and in Liaodet for the 15th time on Wednesday. SHIPWRECK ON TIIE GOODWIN SANDS.---Early on Monday morning last a vessel was observed from our heads to be in a pe r il ous s i tuation en the South S O The pier boats from De a l previou4y reached the wroa, which they found to be the brig Martin, of Stuidtriand, bound from Shields to Liverpool, with a general cargo; and that seal after an extensive opening 1 44 d been made in the lower part of the vessel, through which the sea rushed with such violence the co m p an i on l adder, and thus cut off all with tw o l a d s b elow, who were overwhelmed waters in th e ea bi u. An ineffectual attempt ba,ysasttohmecaardruresyhtirg communicati on ay saveoaiw the bo't by one of the crew. The master, and the remainder of the crew, with the exception o 1 a poor fellow who was washed overboard, now sought safety in the r i g ging, from which they were taken and brought safely on shore by the Sparrow, of Deal, amidst the cheers and con erratulations of an immense assemblage of the inhabitants. I'he brig afterwards sank, and remains with her masts stand ing.—Kentish Paper. We regret to hear that accounts reached this town y aangerous D. G. Hallyhu rto ,, , esterday of th Member of Pa r li amen t f or t hi s county .— Duados courier, illness of the Right Hon, Lord THE ANNUITY TAX.—The campaign has been opened with vigour, and it, has been deemed expedient—it is a bold policy to begin with the most distinguished recusant. A mirror, value 41., and an eight-day clock, value 81., the properly of the Rev. John Brown, D. D., pastor of the con gregation worshipping in Broughton-place Chapel, have been poinded for 31. Scottish Pilot. as., the sum c h arge d hi m as annu i ty tax.— H TB OP DISCOUNT.—AII the Banks in Edin burgh have agreed to reduce the rate of discount to four per cent. In future two-and-a-half per cent. will be allowed on deposits. The k Chronicle states that an indictment for misdemeanour will certainly be preferred against Mr. Bradshaw, for haying sworn to a quaiibeation, on taking his seat for the Ci ty and idtwvagh of Cantetbury, which he did not_poswq, THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAX.,WIicn the frost takes its departure 3,000 men will be set to work between this town and Rtigb.y, in the formation of the Rail way. The tine, it hs expected, w ill b e o p ene d i n 16 - 10. Leicesier MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. During the late frost, am.] consequent interruption of the navigation, a large number of vesse:s were prevented from getting into the Pool, but lsst week the ice having groat:y diminished, a consi_ derable arrival of all kinds of Grain was the reso!t, and the trade fir moat articles was dull, but lower prices were not submitted to, except for Oats and Barley. This morning, there is a moderate fresh smply of Corn, but abundance Lett over from last week. The few samples of fine Wheat that appeared were readily taken ofil,y the millers at rather hl t jher price;, and all other descriptions supported former rates w.th a slow sale. Barley continues dull, but is not cheaper. Bears and Pease remain as last reported. Notwithstanding the large supply of Irish Oa!s, sales of good coloured Horse Corn have been made this morning to a fair extent, at term s equal to ,those of this day se'nnight ; other qualities are The Flour trade remains as last stated, the top price beingunaltered. PILICES ON ROAM) OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) s.'s. -60 s. ' Beans, Small ,new)...... 36.. 3Ss .--- White (01d)........ 565. fiss. —.lied ;1897) ..........425. 411 s. Tick (new) 283 3lr. ---. Fine 48s. 52i. • --- Superfine.... 545. 575. Harrow (new) 32.345. White (1537) .445. Ws. ------ (old) 405.424 Fine __— Superfine 58;. 63., Oats, Feed ----Foreign tree ',,N . 03 3 . ---- New 17,21 . Rye 305. 345. Poland --+ . —~ Barley ?2;. ' , ss. New 205.24 . Grinding 255. 275. l'otatoe 20s 30 . —. Malting 344..345. Malt. 465. 545, Scotch 246.':75.. Fine New 565. 60s. Irish 17s. Pease, Grey, New 10s. 315 Flour Town :per sack) 505.525, Maple New 325 : 1 35. tileconds 454.485. - White 'xis. 355 North Country 425.4411 Boilers 375.38.. Bran Bi 9r. ARRIVALS OF GIiMN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEV. Wile,:t. Barley. Oats. Flour. Flown,' - (2) irs 18,4•iu lint. 10,761 . ire . 12,7. 7 sa d', Irish Foreign _ —.....—. ...—... SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. Things generally made no more money to-day than they did last Monday. The supply was but moderate on the whole. TradG having been bad among the butchers in the early part of the week, they would not give the higher prices asked for beef and Mutton by the sales. men. If anything Veal and Pork avers a little cheaper. • IMICFs FEE STONE OF BLO. TO 31N1 THE oFFAI,g, s. d. to s. d. a, ri. to s. d. Inferior Beasts Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Second quality ibbo 3 4 3 6 Prime large 0xen......... 3 0 3 8 Coarse.woulled ditto 3lO 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves Prime small ditto 5 6 6 6 , Small Porkers 4lO 5 9 S'ackling Calves (eacW...l7 0 25 01 Quarter old Pig (each) LI 0 20 0 . -- - SUPPLY AT MARKET. Paasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pi gs. 2;95ti 20,864 lad 857 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIA LL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carca ss . s d.tos d. S. d lo s d. Beer, inferior 2lO 3 0 Mutton, inferior .... ~... 6 4 3 n -- middling ...... - middl:ll2 . 1 8 310 -- prime large --. mum 310 4 0 prime small 3 8 3:0 Pork, large Veal BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Trade to-day not so brisk ; prices reasonable fur the most part. Supply rather scarce of good fish. Turbot as, to 205.; Soles 63. to Os. 63. per pair; Lobsters 9tl. and ls. to 2s. and 2.5. 6d. each; Cod Os. Gd. to 14s. and 15s. for good. Other kinds in proportion. PROVISION MARKET. Stocks generally • good, Most business doing in Buttcr. Trade generally brisker than it has been. 4 When Ave went to I r,..ss prices were unvaried. 4 8 5 TALLOW AND OIL MARKET, P. Y. C. Is rather more lively, at 495. to 455. 6d. In Oils no variat'ort in price, but on Wednesday there is a public sale of Southern, Pale Scat, and Newfoundland Cod. HOP AND SEED MARKET, Hops were steady to.day, at previous rates, Nothing fresh in Seeds, COLONIAL MARKETS. The thaw causes more inclination to purchase, because there is a prospect of its continuation. Should this be the case, we shall, in a short time, have a considerable increase of business. At present we have no great business advertised in Groceries for the week—for to-day nothing. The chief is 5,200 bags of Mauritius Sugar for to-morrow. And rather remarkable it is, that a coree we have none advertised for the whole week. The Imports are rather increasing. The deliveries for home consumption are fair all things considered. In Canadian pro duce there is nothing fresh, COUNT 'AY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. i Barley. ; oats. Beata.. Pease. ---..., 17------er Quarter. 1-----s. to s. IT. to 1.1 --- s. to s. s, s. s. to s. C.x1i51e........—.......... 161 ,30 —• 120 41 . '29 Hexham ;51 64 20 35 124 27 310rpeth ............! 50 58 1 28 32 !29 30 34 :36 34 58 Penrith : 59 ; 30 21 53 Slidtiel.l.---.........."'w. —591—90—20 42 33 Winch ester 58 64 97 33 22 2.; 44 46 37 49 Per Thisbe!. 5.4. s. rt. 8.9. 8.41.15. 4. 5.9. s. d. 11 .( 1 . 4 . 4 . s. d. Carmarthen -a..., i It 9 7 4 36 40 3O 40 00 00 01 0U Cowbridge 17076360''.9 0 3 6 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 140 weaSt10 (Staff.) !6079364030 3 9 5 0 5 9 0 0 0 (: 14orthalIerton —....1 6 0 73 3 9 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 a 6 0 0 0 0 0 Stone----........._, 8() Bel 4 0 4 9 3 0 3 4 G 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 Swansea ------, a. a 7 0 3 6 4 0 2 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Warwick _,,,,, 9 0 110 3U 46 '2 0 33 56 6 0 00 0 0 Per lec.' ; BarnArileastle—. 13 0 16 0 86 00 34 60 9 0 10 tt 76 11 0 Vaithatn---...._. 12 015 a - 0 89 53 71110011 c 86 RRichmond--- 13 (1 170 7 0 90 50 90 9 0 11 01 9 0 9 P 0 Stockton.__._., 1!) 0 14 0 83 80 5 9 80( 7 6 01. 00 0 0 NEWCASTLE COltli :MARKET, Ffr:a.''l7, Our Farmers brought - a good supply of Wheat to this day's market, and we had also a fair arr;',;al from the coast, which caused the sale to rule dull thrmighout, at similar prices to Saturday. The arrivals of Barley being `,eery considerable, sales were difficult to effim at la! e prices, Oats were in large supply, and sold freely at last week's rates. Per Rye there was a fair clmatid at our quotations. Malt continues to meet a very slow salts, but without alteration. in value. In Beans and Peas there it change, Fur Flour we have a very limited sale at late prieeii, Wheat, NorthunAe r l an d sss. New. Old. 593. 52.5. 61 , 1 - Norfolk and S u ff o lk .. 51s so, 56.. 62.. -- Berwiet..i/Ht Scotch... s3s. - s -s 525. ---- Foreign Rye, Norttolk and Suffolk 315..34s --- Foreign s. --s -s. -3. I. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suifolk... 30s. 34, „.,,, -. 8 , ._, - Grinding and Feeding 2 is. 2ts. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 523 lir.* -. -s. Beans, Small -s s ... 35 s - z s 365. - Tick _ -s. - Srs •1 s. 32, 3 Is. . j , Pease, While Gray Oaks, Northumberland, l'otntue ...... ------- Feed - Foreign ....,„„,„.„ Flour (per sack)i -s, ...-g 4ls. 4;.a. DERBY CORN MARKET, Fen. 17. Our Corn Market continues to I),t well supplied with 'drain from the Tanners. No alteration in last week's prices :-rest Wheat, 575. to 595. ; Fine Barley, 3Ra, to 335. ; Grinding dit:,o, 265. to 285.; Oats, 2 Os. to 265. ; Nec- )ieans, 325. to 3tis. WAKEFIELD CORN, MARKET -Feb. 16. Vasocat, Red, Norfolk sod Sufli,ik ...... ... -8. 50s. to -s. fine 565. -- - Lin, and Cam, Yo,rkshire •K. -s. to 50s. fine sls. - VOiite , -s. 525. to 565. tine 6'..5. ----...... Foreign, Red --s. -s. to -8. fine -a. White Lasley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Lincolnshire - Yorkshire \Vold - Foreign -s. to -s. tine --s. Beans, Small ----- 'TVA Oats, ro,taio . 225. to 2.15. tine 2.65. -sm... rkdaml -s. 225. to 235. fine 30e. -- Friezla:ni a•lit Small. - Mealing ...,.. Shelling Ma1t....... -s. 365. fine 403. per Load. Rapeseed ,„,,,„,..., ............ .. ..... _t. Os 241. Os. 261. Os. per Last. Alserdean Berwick Coletit warn Cupar (hire, RKETS. Oat.. Beans. ()at .....,1. 15 to 1 , .) 15 21 16 18 IS 22 20 25 17 21 20 22 14 21 20 23 20 22 !s through, 3! to 33 38 Z;ts to - - 25 27 28 22 26 30 31 :13 34 32 33 28 21 45 4 8 143 " „ 2‘ nd country. Dundee Elgin ........ Invernest Kelau Ritkahly Perth 12_,;• E We had zi very rather quick. •Feb. 14 7day, and tip le sales wei c Truro He'atone St. Austell... ltoduiin Liskeard Launceston Camelford Penzance LIVER Our Cotton Market be reported as very ate our last quototious we] Bd. ; 80 Bahia, Bd. 81 30 Ceara, 91d. ; am{ SCOTCH MA ‘Vheat. 1 Barley. 36 to 40 33 42 32 36 49 56 48 59 46 56 44 52 33 48 37 42 50 56 of the rn 2 to 25 1 I 21 24 26 31 30 33 24 32 2:4 30 17 21 23 31 23 26 asure var.!, :0 INItUlt( Inrge suppl •11 CORN 51 AItKET. of all kinds of Grata Wheat. Odßayley bats. P ease . Beane Firs t 6 's. . :It's• 6 d. 2Gs. Bd. :kid, Od. lid Second...... 60 0 S'..! 0 2:3 0 33 3l "Una Average price of \`"..eat PRICE'S OF PROVISION 6, AC. Beef, pev lb. b1t1tt0n—....... Os. 0 'or . Lamb, per yr. ..—. v Quarter Lua1...,. U PutaP.,es. 0 to (N. 7,1.. 4 0 7 9 1 0 5 0 7 0 n 0 41 0 8 0 Si 4 0 0 Fresh Rutter, 10.1. to s. 1 Id Salt Ditto--,---. o 10 1 4 ,, Ditto, per evi 0 90 U Eggs, per doz.. 0 0 1 0 OatStraw(k2l.)--. 7 6 9 0 Wheat Ditto ..-- 6 6 8 0 Harley Ditto 6 6 7 0 Hay,perst_.--- 0 10 1 0 ED l l , lialttt4l-1 11 EAJ There was a middling supply of 0: sales were rattier heavy. ter &lel: of 26016. Imp, k rtst Oatmeal Second (liar. Birleyineat . I 7 0 l'easemeal rat liarley—Na. I s tie' cwt. I 2•.-2.1, .L Al Alt Ii EL— Feb .13 . latmeal at this day's market, and the Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. Fill( ()Anneal Lu 1 10 Secon.l ditty, BarleytAteal.... Peasemeal 0 1 0 145.-341, ltis —4lO, IS4.— 1 . 4..ar 1 , th)r. r/LASGOW CORN. A Moderate business doing in I . Wheat, cr 2100). 3. 1. s. tt British, old 290t0310 new Canada, tree 29 0 31 0 Irish B4rley, !ter 3201 h English 0; Scottish 22 0 25 0 Irish 11 1ARKET.—Feb. 11. rain ; little alteration in prices. Oats, per:264lb. s. .t. Irish l.i 0 to 1011 British Beaus, pet thiOlb. English Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 140Ib l4 0 17 0 Flour, per • , 991b 44 0 48 J CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at '24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. • - I vats. d. a. d. to I. 0 10 —U S U li 0 S U 6 U S 6—o 7 6 O 0 0 0_ U7O 8 0 O 0 9 0: v. d. t. s. d. 8 (1. tbi S. •••• 0 20 0 0 12 0 20 0 0 9 0 20 6 0 9 0 19 6 0 0 0 17 0 0 9 0 19 0 0 9 16 0 19 0 0 10 19 0 21 0 0 11 lOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 17 t this day has been rather brisk, and the rates may eady. The sales amount to 3,500 Bales, for which n-c in all imtances obtained. 130 Laguayra, id. ; iJ Maranham, Bd. ; 100 Surat, 4/d. 51,d. ; , 0 American. --- COMPARISON OF SPRE.D.--A French scientific Journal states that the ordinary rate is, per second :—Of a man walking four feet, of a good horse in harness .12, of a rein-deer in a sledge on the ice 26, of an English race-horse 43, of a hare 81, of a good sailing ship 19 4 of the wind 82, of soun d 1,038, of a twenty-four pound cannon-ball 1,300, of the air, which so divided retutlis ''into space, 1,300 An executimA took place at Rome a short time ago, criminal refused to confess and reecire unction. According to custom, he was allowed same additional hours, in the hope of his being brought to repentance, but he re mained inflexible, and (=being urged by the priest appointel to attend him, hee.ame so enraged that he assaulted and bit Li m . in this state he was executed in the afternoon, and his body left exposed till night. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLI --~ -10&R$Ate , . - ".4 , The state of parties in the House of CorrimanS 'ek hibits a political phenomenon which' has not been surpassed in this wonder-working age. Less than twenty years ago the brother of the present Premier (the Hon. George Lamb) opposed Sir Francis Bur, Jett and J. C. Hobheuse on the ground of their erg treme radicalism. The extreme Radicals prevo4d! The radicalism of Sir John gradually sobered down until it became just at temperate heat. Sir John vim then offered place under a Reform Administiatitm, which he took, and the little remains of radicalism gently oozed away. Then came another Radical °frets mg to become all that Sir John had been, but wart and gave battle to Sir John, and defeated hit :„ and 'Now arm, became anoth er " glory" of Westmi ns t er; place, A na a ther turn of F or t une ' s w h eel has telen rumour for some time has been abroad that the Gallant General Evans is to accept place, and wax little and lax in his politics, after the fashion of hie'predeeessor. This rumour we do not believe. Who could have expected a very few years ago to have seen Sir Francis Burdett and John Cam Hoblionse walking out o( the House of Commons tooether to join the Torie . resisting the vote by Ballot ? Or who could havdh aa _ itt gineal that that ve„,ty . tinestion, after losing :Lie-support '"..srig'inally sup of the only members who had r.,c,orded in its favour, ported;',, simuld have 200 votes r with the certainty of 100 mo)",e under less adverse cir cumstances ? Or viewing the way in which the counts , elections went on tlie last occasion —viewing the im mense loss to Government and to the Reform Bill, of which Government is the especial guardian—viewing the universally acknowledged scenes of intimidation and corruption that existed —and viewing the casting ' out of Lord John Russell himself, by the landlords of Devonshire,—who could have imagined th a t suc h Government, suc h R e f orm B i ll, such Lord John Rus sell, could be found banded together and brought to bear against the only measure yet proposed to prevent all those evils ? Truly we live in strange times ! We have but to see Sir Robert Peel sincere, and the Duke of Wellington democratic, to witness every change of which parties and politicians are susceptible I —Morning Advertiser. The division on Mr. Grote's motioo for the adop tion of Vote by Ballot has realized' our expectations, the minority having increased to 200, and the majority of united Ministerialists and Tories, after the most active muster, amounting only to 317. From the year 1833 to 1836, the majorities were to the minorities pretty nearly as two to one ; in 1837 the majority fell a little below two to one ; and in the present Parliament, certainly the most Conservative of any since the Re form Bill, the proportion of the majority to the minority on the Ballot has dwindled from two to one to three to two, and that in a very full House. And why is it that in the same House in which the Con servatives have increased their strength, the demand for the Ballot has increased in a yet greater propor tion ? Obviously, because the foul infloences by which the Tories obtained their triumphs have made most irresistibly manifest the necessity for the protec tion 'of the Ballot. Tlie Tories are the p ract i ca l teachers of this questvan, and they advance it by their examples of oppreSsion in a much greater ratio than they can swell t)seir own numbers in Parliament by the the most unst';aring exercise of the foul influences. As for Mini:sters,' it is now clear that a large majority of their supporters arc against them on the Ballot, and that they play the part indeed but of a very slender, tail joined to the Tory opposition. How Sir Ito-. bert Peel must enjoy the sight of their insignificant numbers in his train, piecing up a motley maja rite. It is a state of things lamentably at variance with the representative principle on which a po pular GoVernment should be regulated.-' We doubt whether the Ministry can number 100 opponents of the Ballot in its party, including absent Members, for to the 200 who voted in support of .Mr. Grote's mo tion must be added man) friends of the measure who were, for various reasons, absence, illness, &e., unable to attend. In the evidence of the progress of this most important question, the best answer is ;given to those few impatient Members of the Reform party who have been loud in their complaints that Radical principles have been thrown back by the Radical sup port given to a Government opposed to measures of organic improvement. In 'the points of agreement between Whigs and Rl',licals there is a great gain of strength ; and ;if the points of difference the truths of the juster opioion, as in the present instance, will surely I:revail.—Esirmincr. The speech of Lord John Russell on the Ballot presented arguments which could not, by possibility, fail to hare convinced the mind of the speaker who employed them. The Noble Lord knows well the character and objects of those who most loudly advo cate the Ballot. He cannot have shut his ears to their declarations that the Ballot. without an extension of the sufPage, would but add augmented means and ap liances to corruption, and that it is by them designed to be nothing else than a starting-post for fresh en- . , croachments upon our national institutions. We pass over, as unnecessary, all consideration of the failure of the Ballot system to produce the substantial secrecy so much insisted on by Mr. Grote. Let us assume the complete success of his project to that extent. 'What does that success consist of but the triumph of hypo crisy, deceit, and treachery, and in cases where the pas sions of the rabble have been excited, and .a frenzy created for the attainment of some short-sighted and really pernicious end, the return of an uneducated, violent, factious, barehones Parliament ? We do not flinch from repeating an opinion which this journal has before avowed—viz., that democracy is now strong enough in England, and that the dangers to constitu tional monarchy arising from the combination of power vv.ll poverty and ignorance are far more terrible than those to be apprehended from any other source. Ig norance its easily duped —poverty is soon tempted— numbers acting together inflame each other, feel confi dent in their force, and callous to all personal responsi bility. On this point of the question, therefore, we arc ready "to take the bull by the horns," and to declare that any mischief to the commonwealth resulting from the possible and inevitably partial use of such intimidation as can be exercised by men of large property and intelligence over th ose wh o. have littl e o f e i t h er , must be utterly insignificant, when compared with the irresponsible omnipo tence of the labouring and uninstructed classes, acting under multitudinous excitement, and indulging their prejudice, fanaticism, or vengeance without the direction of reason or the fear of control, but under the guilty guidance of demagogue ambition. That the Ballot must operate as an encouragement to lying, no honest man who is not half an idiot will question ; and against this datum on behalf of immorality what is proposed to us ? An imagined political remedy for an alleged political evil, which remedy, if it be one for that specific evil, would, by virtue of the same reason, generate another and more portentous calamity—viz., an aggravation of the democratic power until it became a many-headed despotism, the true subversive principle of every civilized state. If the Ballot do not insure secrecy, why establish a degrading form, be it only a. form, of innovation ? If it do cause secrecy, we oppose it With a still more determined resolution, be cause it enhances a mischief by which we are already appalled. It was clearly demonstrated by Lord Joint Russell, that those who are at present leaders in the pro pagation of th e B a ll o t f renzy l oo k upon the establishment of the Ballot to be desirable, in proportion as it is con nected with and conducive to the extension of that suffrage which, in our frank judgment, we believe to be quite sufficiently extended. Lord Brougham, Mr. Whittle Harvey, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Ward; one and all, NI Idle they are pressing for the Ballot, appear to have a sheep's eye upon those further changes in the constituency, which are, in the opinion of Lord J. Russell, alike inconsistent with the Reform Bill and with the mixed Constitution of this country. Every one of the above democratic authorities declares his love of the Ballot to be occasioned by his eagerness er'? e o for a more e xt en d e d constituency. Hence la learn—bgninrg t is than an " instal men t," as , of that series of which none can see the end. But if Lord J. Russell's convictions upon this matter may be inferred from the speech of the Noble Lord, how are we to reconcile his Lordships acts as a Minister with his .arguments and declaration s as a Parliamen tary speaker? Lord J. Russell must be told that .as he deems the Ballot detrimental to the public safe' ty, SF V pit 4